Hsi-wei and the Li Family – By Robert Wexelblatt
Spring came early that year and didn’t linger. April in Hanshan already felt like July. To escape the heat, the itinerant sandal-maker...
Revenge – By Mahmood Jamool
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
The fourth time I knocked on the door to ask for my beloved’s hand in marriage, her...
Simple Things: Stages of Romance in a Small Village – By Rehab...
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
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“Why won’t you hold my hand when we walk in the street?” she asked, her voice soft.
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Ten Years – By Itto & Mekiya Outini
The letter from France, informing Halima that she’d been awarded a scholarship to study material sciences at one of the country’s most prestigious institutions,...
Poor Dogs of Budapest – By Daniel Frears
The poor dogs of Budapest were having a hard time, and it didn’t look like getting better any time soon. Over the past few...
The Vigil – By Peter J. Dellolio
(An extract from the novella The Vigil)
SALTY BLANKETS OF crushed crabs. He wants to go elsewhere. Nothing glowing like the regal white lighthouse. Mystery...
Leaving — By Lorette C. Luzajic
Bank of the Old Mississippi. In the blinking lanterns and soft rain. They watch the dinner boats stream by. The jovial trombones and the...
Hsi-wei and the Dragon’s Tail – By Robert Wexelblatt
Within a year after the itinerant peasant-poet Chen Hsi-wei retired to a small cottage outside Chiangling, he began receiving occasional visitors. Lady Bao, widow...
Punishment – By Mohammed Jadallah
Translated from the Arabic by Essam M. Al-Jassim
Whenever our ruler made a television appearance, I would gather my three children around the crackly screen....
A Most Unpleasant Story – By Robert Wexelblatt
When Justine and Sheila came back from the ladies, Lauren was chatting with two good-looking men. Sheila had brought somebody from work, while Lauren...
